After Yu Xiaogang left, Li Tian anxiously rushed to the Director of Teaching Affairs at the academic office.
The Director asked in confusion, "Li Tian, what is it?"
Li Tian said, "Director, an old man just said that the Academy arranged for him to take me to hunt a spirit ring."
"Old man?"
The Director looked bewildered, but quickly realized who the old man Li Tian was referring to.
Who else could it be but Yu Xiaogang?
Li Tian cried mournfully, "Director, please, you absolutely cannot let him take me."
"Hahahaha…"
The Director laughed, "Don't worry, the Dean said he would personally take you, and he will personally take you. No one else can change that."
Li Tian was overjoyed, "Thank you, Director, thank you, Director!"
The Director nodded and said, "Go on, I'll come to your dormitory first thing tomorrow morning."
"Alright, thank you, Director!"
Li Tian thanked him again, then happily left the academic office.
Although he wasn't clear about the Director's specific strength.
However, being able to become a Director, even at worst, he wouldn't be worse than Yu Xiaogang.
On the other side.
After Yu Xiaogang returned to his room, he saw the Notting Dean's letter.
His brows instantly furrowed together.
The Notting School only admitted students whose Innate spirit power was generally below Rank three.
Were these even worthy of him teaching?
According to his usual personality, even if he chose to leave Notting Academy, he would not condescend.
But now it was different.
Having finally met a Genius like Li Tian, he wouldn't just leave.
If he was going to leave, he had to take Li Tian with him.
However, it was almost time.
There were still nearly three months until the start of the next semester, which was enough time for him to sort out Li Tian.
Then, he could take him and leave together.
…
The next day, early morning.
Li Tian and the Director of Teaching Affairs left Notting Academy early and boarded a carriage bound for Soul Hunting Forest.
The Director asked, "Is your Spirit a defense type?"
Li Tian thought for a moment and said, "The main body should be, but it still needs to be tested."
The umbrella form in Quan Zhi Gao Shou was indeed primarily defensive.
The problem was that this wasn't Quan Zhi Gao Shou, but Douluo, so it was safer to test it.
"Main body?"
The Director looked bewildered; could his Spirit also have a Clone?
Since Yu Xiaogang was qualified to know, Li Tian naturally wouldn't hide it from him.
"Is that so."
The Director fell into deep thought; in that case, the choice of spirit ring was indeed difficult to determine.
"If attributes can be replicated, is it possible for Spirit Abilities to be replicated as well?"
Li Tian was stunned.
You really dare to think! This is much more outrageous than my Spirit Ability changing with the Spirit's form.
However.
The Thousand Machine Umbrella in Quan Zhi Gao Shou, wasn't it capable of controlling the corresponding class's skills after changing forms?
It's just that the effect was somewhat weakened.
Suddenly, Li Tian inexplicably thought of Oscar's Mirror Image Sausage in the original work.
Couldn't it replicate Spirits and Spirit Abilities?
And the effect was also weakened, which could be said to be exactly like the Thousand Machine Umbrella in Quan Zhi Gao Shou.
That Mirror Beast and his Spirit seemed to be a good match.
Thinking of this, Li Tian inexplicably became excited, wishing he could immediately change course and go to the Far North.
However.
The Director of Teaching Affairs certainly wouldn't accompany him to the Far North, and he himself had no money.
Even if he reached the Far North, no one would help him hunt Spirit Beasts.
The only way seemed to be to join Spirit Hall and have someone from Spirit City take him to the Far North.
How to do it?
Join Spirit Hall first, and then run away if he wasn't confident in defeating Tang San later?
Forget it, let's try first.
If the Mirror Beast could do it, the Thousand Machine Umbrella might not be unable to replicate Spirit Abilities as well.
Otherwise, it would be somewhat undeserving of its name.
The quality of the first spirit ring wasn't high, so the cost of trial and error wasn't great; he could try it.
If it really didn't work, he would join Spirit Hall.
Tang San, the original protagonist, put a lot of pressure on him; he really didn't want to join Spirit Hall unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Cough cough!"
The Director gave an awkward smile, and only after he came back to his senses did he realize how outrageous his idea was.
Replicating Spirit Abilities?
How could that be?
If Li Tian's Thousand Machine Umbrella could really do that, it would be a bit too outrageous.
"Director, what's the limit for the first spirit ring?"
Li Tian didn't delve too much into this uncertain possibility but instead asked about the first ring's limit.
He was very curious.
What did the native residents of Douluo think of Yu Xiaogang's theories?
"What is a limit?"
The Director knew without asking that Yu Xiaogang must have boasted his theories to Li Tian.
"Uh…"
Li Tian thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "The highest year limit that a few people can withstand?"
"That's right."
The Director nodded and said, "If ten people try it and nine die, that's called a limit."
"And it's hard to say if the one who succeeded actually made it."
"He only gave a number but didn't provide the preconditions for enduring that year limit."
"Pure nonsense."
"I'm telling you now that the limit for the first ring is nine thousand years, would you dare to try it?"
Li Tian shook his head.
The Director smiled, "That's right, isn't it? Nine thousand years is no different from his so-called four hundred and twenty-three years."
"It's just that relatively speaking, his number is more realistic."
"The normal year limit for the first ring is below four hundred years; who knows if those twenty-three years he added were random?"
"With odd numbers, only he could come up with that."
Li Tian nodded; the other party's statement coincided with that of many netizens.
It showed that great minds think alike.
The Director continued, "For spirit ring absorption below ten thousand years, it all depends on the Physique strength."
"Different Spirits naturally have different Physiques."
"Even with the same Spirit, there are differences in quality, so the Physique strength will naturally not be the same."
"The limits that can be withstood are, of course, also different."
"Because of this, there has never been a 'limit'; there are only 'ranges'."
"If you absorb according to his year limit."
"The vast majority of Spirit Masters will die; only a very small number of Spirit Masters can withstand it."
"No matter how good the Talent, if you die, it's all over."
"When absorbing a spirit ring, it's better to proactively lower the year limit a bit than to gamble your life for those few decades."
"A few decades won't improve your strength much."
No wonder Yu Xiaogang could only hide in a small place like Notting Academy, freeloading.
It turned out that his theories were worthless in the eyes of others.
Li Tian asked, "Director, how do Spirit Masters normally determine the acceptable year limit?"
The Director said, "There's no way to determine it precisely; you can only estimate."
"Again, everyone's Physique is different, and their endurance is also different."
"Different Spirits and different Talents all have an impact."
"What is more widely recognized in the Spirit Master's world is the 'Spirit Master spirit ring Absorption Safety Threshold Range' published by Spirit Hall."
"This book is available in the Academy's library; you can go and read it."
"It meticulously records the spirit ring year limit safety threshold ranges for different Spirit categories and Talent Ranks."
"For example, you."
"Your Spirit is a Tool Spirit, with Innate spirit power at Rank ten, so the safety threshold is between three hundred and three hundred and fifty years."
"This is an absolutely safe threshold."
"Four hundred years can be attempted, but there is a certain risk, and it is not recommended."
"Four hundred years is only considered safe for top-tier Beast Spirits."